How We Keep the Bugs at Bay
Diatomaceous EarthAs a farm that uses organic practices and thus does not believe in using chemicals to prevent disease in pests, you may be curious what we do to keep our plants from being eaten alive. We use straw beneath plants to keep weeds and fungal diseases. We use neam oil and fish emulsion on small […]
Smoke and Lack Thereof
Break for BreadLast week marked the start of our small grain harvest! We have 1 acre of rye and 1 acre of wheat to be cut by hand, dried in the field, and threshed using a small plot threshing machine. This is a labor-intensive process, but it’s also a lot of fun to engage with these crops […]